DavidGilbert99 writes: "Everyone is buying a mobile phone these days right? Even people in third world countries are getting connected and some people in developed countries have multiple handsets for work and personal use. So sales must be going through the roof?

Not so according to Gartner, whose latest figures suggest mobile phone sales declined by 1.7% in 2012. This was despite the smartphone market booming — up almost 40% in the final quarter of 2012 — and was down to "tough economic conditions, shifting consumer preferences and intense market competition" according to Gartner's principle research analyst Anshul Gupta."Link to Original Source